Topic #2: The Soviet Era (p. 425-429)

K (What do you already know or think you might know? Brainstorm ideas; no right or wrong responses):

  • communist
  • government controls everything
  • cold war
  • world war
  • Super power
  • communists wanted to industrialize
  • U.S.S.R. lasted form 1922-1991
  • wanted to industrialize without caring about people or pollution

W (What do I want to know? Create your own questions using all topic headings and terms):

  • what was the soviet era?
  • what was the cold war?
  • what was the soviet collapse?
  • what was the significance of ethnic groups?
  • whats is glasnost?
  • How did Soviet Union become a superpower?
  • What is the Russian Revolution?

  • What two superpowers struggled in the cold war?
  • How did the Communists come into power?
  • What countries were in the S.U.?
  • What was the significance of ethnic groups?